(VOVworld) – Iraqi government forces have seized back control of the southern part of the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah
(VOVworld) - The global threat emanating from the Islamic State remains high and continues to diversify. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his 21-page report that more than...
(VOVworld) – On Thursday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi appealed to the Iraqi people to postpone the weekly protests in the capital city of Baghdad so that security forces...
(VOVworld) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday that the number of deaths of people trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe has fallen off significantly
(VOVworld) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said Iraq has begun a military operation to retake Fallujah in Anbar province from Islamic State. He said Iraqi forces including the federal police soldiers...
(VOVworld) – On Thursday EgyptAir released information on the nationalities of the 56 passengers on board Flight MS804
(VOVworld) - A US air strike has killed two "high-value" Islamic State fighters in Iraq while Iraqi security forces started clearing jihadists from Rutba town, Anbar province
(VOVworld) – Iraq's security forces regained its control of the remote western town of Rutba on Tuesday in a fresh offensive against Islamic State
(VOVworld) – Iraqi security forces and allied fighters launched an operation on Monday to retake the town of Rutba from the Islamic State jihadist group
(VOVworld) – The U.S and Iran held secret talks on stabilizing the situation in Baghdad on Sunday. Observers say that the two countries have a joint interest in ending the political chaos...
(VOVworld) - At least 800 migrants were rescued off the coast of Sicily on Thursday, the Italian coast guard and the UN refugee agency reported
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State in Iraq is “losing terrain every single day”, said US’s Baghdad-based Major General Gary Volesky, adding that the group is increasingly unable to recruit...
(VOVworld) - US Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Iraq on Thursday for the first time in almost five years since the US withdrew its military forces from...
(VOVworld) - Clashes between Kurdish forces and Turkmen Shiite paramilitaries killed nine people in a flashpoint northern town and closed the road to Baghdad before a ceasefire was announced on Sunday
(VOVworld) - At least 12 people were killed and 39 others were injured on Saturday in two separate car bomb attacks in Baghdad targeting security forces
(VOVworld) - The Pentagon has admitted to more civilian casualties in its airstrikes against the Islamic State positions inside Syria and Iraq between September and February
(VOVworld)- The US will deploy more than 200 troops and Apache helicopters to Iraq as part of operations against jihadist group Islamic State, according to US defense officials
(VOVworld) - US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday for a six-day Gulf tour aimed at galvanising support for Iraq as it battles the Islamic...
(VOVworld) – Czech President Milos Zeman rejected EC’s refugee resettlement quotas Monday
(VOVworld) – French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Baghdad Monday on an unannounced visit for talks with Iraqi officials on the war against IS